31 May 2024
How to watch the D-Day 80 Anniversary events
If you can’t make it to Normandy for the D-Day anniversary events, don’t worry – some of the key events from next week’s commemoration events will be shown on TV.
And don’t forget, you can tune into our social media channels to meet some of our Normandy team, discover more about our cemeteries and memorials in France and see some behind the scenes coverage of the D-Day 80 events.
Tribute to The Fallen from Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Bayeux War Cemetery.
5 June 2024 - 8.30pm. BBC1
Broadcast live from our Bayeux War Cemetery in France, the BBC’s coverage of the tribute to the fallen of D-Day will readings and music before the centrepiece illumination of each of the 4,600 headstones within the cemetery.
Hosted by Kirsty Young and special guests, the Tribute to The Fallen will be a touching moment of remembrance as we commemorate those who are buried in Bayeux and across Normandy.
The Tribute to The Fallen forms part of our Great Vigil events, where we will be illuminating each grave at our sites in Normandy.
D-Day 80: We Will Remember Them.
6 June 2024 - 8.30am. BBC1
BBC coverage of events at the British Normandy Memorial hosted by Paddy O’Connell with our Patron, His Majesty The King, in attendance.
Music will include performances from Johnny Flynn, Sir Tom Jones and a new commission from Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The event will conclude with a traditional act of remembrance, accompanied by a special tribute from the Red Arrows, flying over Normandy to salute this remarkable generation and our nation's heroes.